NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose
on Monday, after a two-week decline pushed the S&P 500 back into
negative territory for the year, as investors anticipated the
start of the corporate earnings season.

* U.S. stocks fell on Friday after the December jobs report
painted a mixed picture of the economy and led the benchmark S&P
index to its second straight weekly decline. Since hitting a
record high on Dec. 29, the index has fallen 2.2 percent on
concerns about global growth, the potential for an exit by
Greece from the euro zone and falling oil prices.

* Fourth-quarter earnings are expected to grow by 4 percent
over the year-ago period, according to Thomson Reuters data.

* Alcoa is scheduled to post quarterly earnings after
the closing bell, with financials JPMorgan Chase, Wells
Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup due to
report later in the week. Dow component Intel Corp is
expected to post earnings on Thursday.
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